Thank you. I have been very busy but am planning to send out some info today. I am doing more editing of the bylaw draft, I'm going to simplify at least one thing and make others have clearer contingencies.
Pine On Jan 5, 2015 12:19 PM, "Raymond Leonard" <[email protected]> wrote: > I updated > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#Upcoming_events > with this. > > Already, Another Believer & Blue Rasberry have indicated that they plan to > attend remotely / by video there. > > > Yours, > Peaceray > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Cascadians, >> >> Let's plan on having our first board meeting on or around the >> semi-regular Seattle meetup day, which would be Tuesday, January 13. >> >> I was planning to postpone most of my further work on Cascadia until >> February, but I just learned today that there's a WMF funding deadline that >> requires us to have our initial budget submitted by the end of January *or* >> wait until May if we want WMF funding. I'd like to get us underway sooner >> than May. I apologize for the rush. Today was the first that I heard of the >> deadline. >> >> Tentative agenda items: >> >> * Bylaws (Peaceray and I have been drafting these; we'll send out a copy >> soon for public review). >> * Officer appointments by the Board. >> * Website agreement with Top Level Design >> * Program selection and funding for February through July (tentative) >> * Startup budget for February through July (tentative). We can submit >> supplemental requests in May or later. We can also submit requests to WMDC >> for smaller items, and we can include a relatively large request for >> reserve funds due to the funding blackout period.) >> * Authorization for initial legal registrations, service purchases, and >> other contracts. >> * Additional agenda items forthcoming. >> >> To accommodate board members who are away from Seattle on that date, Mako >> has graciously agreed to provide us with access to the Internet via UW so >> that we can video conference. >> >> Let's plan on having a relatively long meeting (maybe 6 PM to 10 PM?) >> although hopefully we'll move fast enough that we'll be done by 9 PM. >> >> For non-board members: there won't be confidential business at this >> meeting and you are welcome to attend. Although only Board votes will be >> counted, your good-faith comments and questions are welcome. >> >> If any board members cannot make that date and time, please let me know. >> Also, if you plan to attend via phone or Google Hangout, please let me >> know. Reminder: we will meet at *UW*, not at Cafe Allegro, exact location >> to be determined; we will also have Google Hangout available so that people >> can attend remotely. >> >> Thanks, and I look forward to seeing you! >> >> Pine >> >> *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of >> our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we >> must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in >> which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad >> fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not >> know.* >> >> *—Catherine Munro* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > >
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